Here
are my hilarious thoughts which strike me time and again, and I feel it’s bad
to think over these, sometimes.
1.
DPT was Druk Prohibition Tshogpa, not Druk Phunsum Tshogpa. Because of its banning
policy, it suffered landslide-like thrashing defeat. And now, PDP, People’s Darling
Party, has become people’s dead party, where everyone talks about all colors
lie; mostly black lie. Feeding ocean of wealth themselves first, and giving a lean drop
to others.
2. Parliamentary
democracy in essence has become PDP’s democracy. Not people’s democracy. The
power of PDP’s bureaucracy has greatly extended; media interferences, salary
issues, taxes issues, fuel, etc.
3. I like this from Kamala Das, “An Introduction.” It
goes: “I don’t
know politics but I know the names/ Of those in power and can repeat them
like/Days of the week, or names of months, beginning with….”
So I know that power has
faces and these faces have names; it does not matter what policy they stand
for, but it is useful to know their names, as it is useful to be able to name
the days and months.
4. A
recent graduate first wants to try a good government job, if not, then, try for
some self entrepreneurship, and if he failed in all these, he’d go for teacher,
his last/unwanted choice. See the condition of teachers!
5. In
the corrupt society, if you’re an anti-corrupt practice, you’re lost. You must
be in the system of corrupt practice. You get what you want. This is where you
belong.
6. All
war movies are made based on wars in the Middle East, esp. Afghanistan, Gaza,
Siberia and Iraq. Why?
7. Bhutan
is the last heaven on the earth, say many. Every country is a heaven of its
own. Chauvinistic??
8. The rich heart is rich; a poor heart is poor, no matter what you are, or what you
have.
9. Kindness
for the act of God is not kindness; being self–aware- kindness/compassion; no
god, no coercion, but natural kindness is what I believe is to be a kind of
kindness.
10. Negative
thoughts are unwarranted self-imposed mental trashes?
11. By
name, civil servants are anti-politic, or apolitical, but they influenced the
voters the most. They are the most politically active in the faction. The crust
of politics is the educated mass. How can they be apolitical?
12. Politicians are inclined to the helms
of services. They are servants to our people, not in any case, their lip
services; not non-performers.
13. I
learned: a good politician (Who earns votes) has a sugary mouth, looks busy,
but do nothing; makes false promises and loots for his/her own services.
14. Substitution,
replacement, changing candidates (DPT/PDP) is dirty politics. A loser cannot
become a winner.
15. Curriculum
relevant to our lifestyles, cultures, mindsets, etc. is good. Microcosm -
if we work on knowing ourselves, improving ourselves, it will bring
global effect. “Act locally, think globally.” So, far-reaching change begins
from Bhutan or Bhutanized curriculum, not American syllabuses, etc. If not we
will be torn between two worlds, we alienate from our own culture, history,
language, people, etc. We live, physically, but we see ourselves through the
eyes of others. We can relate our curriculum to the outside world. I think.
16. A
test never fails or passes a candidate. It’s just a process of evaluation to
improve your level.
17. Sometimes,
it’s another way round, a system fails and a teacher leads.
18. How
could a student fail after a year of rigorous teaching? This is a thing to
think over. I agree, there would be some minor failures here and there on the
way. But, we are determined to succeed. The day we stop thinking of students’
success is the day we should stop teaching.
19.
A teacher doesn’t really teach, the students teach him (if a teacher knows). A
guide, an advisor, a supporter, a director...etc. Looking for new ways (creative) to
teach/learn what students have already
incorporated into their lives.
20. The
basic education is forming/developing knowledge, mind, character, skills,
being responsible, caring, being good, doing good, at least, a complete human.
21. Did you fall and break your heart?
Did you cry and hate your life? Did you live a painful life and get hurt? Did
you think of taking revenge? Did you have a memory sickness?
But never forget there is love, and you must prove it through your tears.
Always remember there is hope, and always remember it is good in love.
22. There is a common-ity in love, feeling, and human
emotion. We are strangers but united by human concerns. We are bound by the
bond of love, affection, understanding, and empathy. There is no unfeeling for
the feeling of love. There is no boundary, no wall, no stranger, and no
religion, nothing in love. It’s just a beautiful feeling, a beautiful and heavenly
feeling. The universal fact, the love binds, and hates separate is small but
too big to handle.
Love is money. The British person loves and vows to marry a Bhutanese girl. He crosses oceans and mountains to be with love, and he
comes, and love is not money, I guess, love is love cannot be define,
but…acho...we are related but separated by death.
